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Tornado sighted near Aurora Airport

The National Weather Service confirmed that a tornado was spotted near the Aurora State Airport on Thursday afternoon.

KOIN 6, a news partner of the Woodburn Independent, reported that Aurora Fire Chief Rod Yoder said the storm flipped over two airplanes at the airport and downed power lines on Boones Ferry Road west of the airport.

The NWS of Portland issued a tornado warning for Clackamas County this afternoon. That warning expired at 4:15 p.m.

The NWS of Portland tweeted at 4:16 p.m. that "the storm has weakened and moved out of the area." At 4:23, the NWS of Portland tweeted that a meteorologist would be surveying the damage.

The Molalla River School District delayed its homecoming parade as a result of the tornado warning, according to a news alert.

Confirmed tornado! We received a call of a tornado on the ground near the Aurora airport & the airport observer also reported a tornado. https://t.co/QYMb7OUdUi